Feeding plan - Introduction

A good feeding plan is the key to a healthy, strong and well-functioning horse. When working with a feeding plan, it is about creating an overview, ensuring balance and choosing solutions that fit your horse's needs exactly. In the Regulator Complete universe, we make it easy for you to understand how a well-functioning feeding plan is built and which factors are most important for the horse's well-being.

In this section you will find a comprehensive guide that takes you step by step through the most important elements of feeding – from basic needs and daily workload to practical tools such as feeding schedules and a simple, efficient stable kitchen. The aim is to give you a solid overview so that you can confidently make the right choices – whether you are new to the feeding universe or want to fine-tune your current routine.

When you go through the points under Feeding Plan , you will be taken through everything that is important for your horse's well-being:

  • Decisive factors – the central conditions that influence the horse's needs.
  • Workload – how to assess load, workload and energy turnover.
  • Dosage charts – overviews that help you find the right amount of feed for your horse.
  • Horses need salt – which is why salt is an indispensable part of their diet.
  • The simple stable kitchen – how easy it can be to feed your horse with a few, well-thought-out products.
  • Feed change – the important thing in a correct and gentle feed change.
  • FAQ about feeding – where you will find answers to the most common questions about feeding and feeding schedules.

We recommend that you read the points in the order shown. This way you get a natural progression from understanding → assessment → practical application and can better see how all the parts fit together and together create an optimal feeding plan.

The entire structure reflects the philosophy behind Regulator Complete : to make it easy to feed correctly – without unnecessary complexity. This introduction is therefore your first step towards more targeted and well-informed feeding – for your horse’s health, well-being and performance.

FAQ about feeding

Yes, it is good for the horse to mix Regulator Complete products in water.

This applies to both Balancer Peak Performance and Every Day Happy/vitamin and mineral supplements, as well as to both fiber mash, salt and electrolytes.

The information in our dosage charts is always in dry weight.

Fiber mash soaked in water with vitamin/mineral blend and salt/electrolytes acts as a storage depot that travels through the horse's intestinal system.

The transfer of nutrients from the intestine to the bloodstream is optimized, as the horse is thus given the opportunity to absorb them at the pace it needs.

Studies show that when vitamins and minerals are fed without fiber, they are transported too quickly through the horse's intestines, which means that the horse does not get optimal benefit from them.

Use 1 part +Fiber Mash to 5 parts water.

For example, 250 gr. +Fiber Mash to 1.25 liters of water.

  • The water can be cold or lukewarm depending on what your horse needs.
  • Let the mixture rest for 5-10 minutes.
  • If your horse prefers a thinner mash, add more water as needed.
  • If you add Every Day Happy or Peak Performance vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements to fiber mash, do not increase the amount of water.

Yes, if your horse doesn't like wet food, you can feed it dry, but we recommend that you soak it.

If your horse is prone to esophageal constipation, we recommend that you always soak the fiber mash.

Use 1 part +Energy Fiber Mash to 4 parts water.

For example, 250 g +Fiber Mash and 1 liter of water.

  • The water can be cold or lukewarm depending on what your horse needs. Let the mixture sit for 5-10 minutes.
  • If your horse prefers a thinner mash, add more water as needed.
  • If you add Every Day Happy or Peak Performance vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements to the fiber mash, do not increase the amount of water.

This increases the horse's water intake and thus benefits fluid balance.

Reduces the risk of dehydration and electrolyte depletion, thereby optimizing the horse's well-being and performance.

Benefits the horse during hard training/riding, fluid loss due to sweat, long-term transport or other stressful situations.

Very hungry horses and ponies

They achieve more peace of mind as the food is filling and allows for longer slurping/eating time.

Dustbinds the crib feed.

Make the mash slurp-thin with a lot of water. Many horses really like to eat mash when it is thin like soup, rather than thick like porridge.

Helps with digestion

Soaked feed stabilizes the horse's digestion.

Mash helps the horse's digestion, both because it contains liquid-filled fibers and because they

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It can be easy to get confused when it comes to the different feed terms. There are several types of feed that are essentially the same and there are no rules for when to use which term. Below you will find an overview describing the individual types.

Roughage

Roughage is grass, hay or wrap.

Roughage is also called straw fodder.

Straw feed

Straw feed is grass, hay or wrap.

Straw feed is also called roughage.

Crib food

Manger feed is a collective term for the feed your horses receive in the manger, for example concentrate feed, complete feed or supplementary feed.

Concentrated feed

Concentrated feed is a mixed feed with many feed units/is high in calories.

The composition of concentrates often consists of vitamins, minerals, protein and carbohydrates/grains such as oats, barley, fiber, muesli, etc.

Concentrated feed is also called complete feed.

Complete feed

Complete feed is a mixed feed with many feed units/is high in calories.

The content often consists of vitamins, minerals, protein and carbohydrates/grains such as oats, barley, fiber, muesli, etc.

Complete feed is also called concentrate feed.

Supplementary feed

Complementary feed is a concentrated feed with few feed units/is low in calories and often consists of vitamins, minerals and protein.

Complementary food does not contain carbohydrates/grains such as oats, barley, fiber, muesli, etc.

Every Day Happy and Peak Performance are both supplementary foods.

Complementary feed is also called concentrate feed.